How common is the surname Mickley?

875 people in the United States had the surname Mickley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 352,852 Americans. It ranked 27,534th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mickley?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Mickley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Mickley getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,025 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 875 in 2010, down 15%.

The surname Mickley

An English place surname, carried by 875 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mickley is more common than 83% of them.

Origin

English origin

'The great enclosure', from Middle English Mikelhae, from Old English miċel (“big”) + haga (“enclosure”).

Mickley is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 875 people named Mickley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 352,852 Americans. That is down 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,025.

#27,534

rank among US surnames

875

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-14.6%

change since 2000 (was #23,221)

Who is named Mickley

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Mickley identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mickley

Mickley has the Soundex code M240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M240.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Mickley come from?: 'The great enclosure', from Middle English Mikelhae, from Old English miċel (“big”) + haga (“enclosure”).
How common is the surname Mickley?: 875 people in the United States had the surname Mickley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 352,852 Americans. It ranked 27,534th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mickley?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Mickley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Mickley?: Mickley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Mickley getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,025 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 875 in 2010, down 15%.